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December 4, 2009
The first Learning Colloquia was on research it had several objectives: Our role as
freshmen and the ground rules of intellectual work and the basic steps in research.
It starts by talking about our requirements for freshman seminar. We had several
assignments such as setting up our blog, the history of Howard and its buildings and get
our Library of Congress Cards. The next topic was the rules of research.
The first rule was to do research in your specific field of study. Some questions
you should ask are: What are the origins of your major/discipline? Who are its founding
theorists? What are its assumptions, and where did/do they come from? The second rule
is to read and write. You can practice rule two by mastering reading and repeating types
of time. You can clock time and experience time, setup time, thinking in time requires
identifying the intellectual rhythm. You can set up a triangle with your assignments by
importance. You can maximize setup time by constantly practicing it. It’s designed
results is continuously available. But the downside is that it is highly demanding and is
not much fun. Some Howard graduates were used as examples of this method such as
states the rules. It is a particular procedure. You can define the activity of research by
describing step-by-step how to proceed. Then you define how to measure your progress.
You have to discover whether you have succeeded by setting your measure of success.
Lastly you have to explain how other people can test your research to see if it is accurate
or successful. Methodology requires setup time. There are different disciplines in the
College of Arts and Sciences that are available to study: Philosophy is the study of
fundamental concepts. Psychology which is the study of the mind, Chemistry is the study
of matter and energy and the interactions between them, Sociology which is the study of
group organization, Music is the study of sound organized by rhythm and tone, and
The Basic Steps in the Research Process are to: identify and develop your topic,
state your research methodology and method, look for and study previous research on
your topic, evaluate your sources, think and articulate your findings, and imagine what is
left for others to do. First you try and state your topic as a question. Then you look for
previous research on your topic. Lastly explain to people what they can do to further their
research.
This was a very interesting and helpful colloquia. It is prefect for my major where